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Dailami

Introduction

Dailami were the premier Islamic infantry of the 9th to 12th Century. They were armed with zupin-spears, axes and missile weapons. They formed part of the body-guard of several Islamic states.

DBM classes Dailami as Ax(S) with a proportion as Ps(O). The missile troops can provide rear-support to the Ax(S).

It has been argued that Bd(F) is a better classification of these troops, because:

a) they are equipped with zupins or axes for a shock role;

b) guard troops are normally depicted in jawshan or dir cuirasses;

c) the performance of the Fatimid Dailimi against the Byzantines, when in one engagement the attack of 500 Dailami guardsmen broke the Byzantine centre.

They formed up in a shield-wall - a poem written in 1048 calls the Dailamite shields "similar to the wall and paints of 100 colours" (V Minorsky, "La Domination des Dailamites", a paper given in 1931, English versions at http://www.zazaki.de/englisch/articels/minorsky-dailamites.htm and [http://members.tripod.com/~zaza_kirmanc/research/dailamites.htm] ).

Alternatively, Bd(F) might be extended only to Dailami guards units.